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Oceans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why are oceans important? | Food, mineral resources,human recreation and transportation |
| What body of water is an estuary where fresh and salt water mixes? | The Chesapeake Bay |
| What does over-fishing have harmful effects on? | Numbers of important food species |
| Human pollution form runoff increases ___ population. | Algae |
| What will affect productivity in an area? | Any downturn in numbers of plants and animals |
| What are waves generated by? | Wind |
| What seafloor features are caused by plate tectonics? | Mid-ocean ridges and trenches |
| What is a tide? | The periodic rise and fall of the water level cause by the moon and sun. |
| What is the major mechanism of energy transfer in the oceans? | Convection |
| Where does low pressure systems form? | Over warmer oceans |